5-Ingredient Chili Lime Cashews

Chili lime cashews are a super easy Trader Joe’s knock-off. They only have 5 ingredients and cost so much less than the pre-made kind!

I am all about snacks. Between freelance work and toddler-chasing, eating actual meals sometimes just doesn’t seem to happen. So having tasty, healthy snacks – like these chili lime cashews – around helps keep my blood sugar in check. That’s important when you’re dealing with a threenager.

I got the idea for this recipe after seeing these very expensive seasoned nuts at Trader Joe’s:

$4.99! There is no need for that. These homemade chili lime cashews probably cost 2/3 as much and made at least the same amount, if not a bit more. Making them is as easy as making granola. In fact, the method is the same one I use to make granola. They’re roasted slow and low with periodic stirring, to make sure they cook evenly.

Roasting your cashews for an hour and a half might sound like forever, but the upside to anything oven-related is that you don’t have to actively cook. Put on a movie, and just pop into the kitchen every 15 minutes to give your chili lime cashews a stir. They’ll be ready before you know it!

Chili-Lime Cashews

Chili lime cashews are a super easy Trader Joe’s knock-off. They only have 5 ingredients and cost so much less than the pre-made kind!

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Course
Snack

Cuisine
Vegan

Prep Time5minutes

Cook Time1hour

Total Time1hour5minutes

Servings8

Calories170kcal

AuthorBecky Striepe

Ingredients

1/4cuplime juice

2tablespoonschili powder

pinch ofcayenne pepper

1/2teaspoonsalt

2cupsraw cashews

Method

Preheat the oven to 250F.

Whisk lime juice, chili powder, cayenne, and salt together.

Toss the lime juice mixture with the cashews until they’re well coated.

Spread the cashews into a single layer onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a Silpat, making sure to scrape out as much of the lime juice mixture as possible. Bake for 60-90 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes so that they cook evenly.